Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
BADGER NEWS.

MARY e. PHELPS, of Onalaska, is
dead at the age of 85 years. She had
been a resident Of La Crosse County
twenty.elght years.
THE Mississippi Logging Company
manufacturing and shipping point.
About / 800 men will be employed.
THE State Musical Association
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Geo. Z. Calling; president,
E. L. Staffer; secretary, O. Wells Ray;
treasurer, Mrs. J. w. Bentliff.
RIGGS q RoTCH, of Bloomer, have
sold to the Reuter- hub and spoke fac
tory, Rice Lake, all of the hardwood
timber upon seventy forties. The
purchasers have six years In which to
cut and secure the timber.
CHARLES, Fred and Hannah Gearn-
ring have been arrested at Auburndale,
Wood County. charged with making
way with Theresa Tuttle, whom it is
alleged Charles was intimate with.
No trace of the girl can befound.
THE earnings of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Road during the
third week of September were $527,-
600, show ing decrease Of SAT, 900 as
compared with the same week in
1886.
THE Baptist anniversaries will take
place in La Crosse October 4, 5, 6 and
Z. The annual meeting OF the Wo-
mems Foreign Missionary Society, of
Of that month.
A. S. PERINER, g. resident OF Ash
land for fifty years, is dead.
JOHN WALKER, Of Miff1in. iowa
County, committed suicide by cutting
both iugular veins with a penknife.
His MIND had been unbalanced for
some time.
FRANK PRosCH, g. farmer living near
Shelby, La Crosse County, myster-
iously disappeared while returning
home from q visit to Minneapolis.
Foul play is suspected.
AN S-year-old son of John Olinger,
of Eau Claire, has suffered the ampu-
tation Of foot at the instep in con-
sequence of catching on to a moving
train.
JULIUS JOHNSON, aged IL, was shot
and instantly killed while hunting in q
road cart with q companion, aged l 5,
near Osseo, by accidental discharge OF
shotgun.
THERE are ten divorce suits on the
calendar of the circuit court for Eau
Claire County.
THE attempt OF two union sailors to
compel non-union man to stop work
on the barge Michigan at Milwaukee
on the 22d, resulted in shooting af-
fray in which Fred Pagel, one of the
aggreesors, was shot, probably fatal
iy, by Andrew Biemel, one Of the
Mlchigan's crew.
THE Milwaukee County Insane Asy-
lum has accommodations for $50 pa
TENTS, but q recent report shows that
342 are crowded inside the walls.
THE Milwaukee Steamship Company
has increased it's capital stock from
$125,OOO to $24O,OOO.
THE annual meeting of the Wisoon-
sin State Baptist Association will be
held at La Crosse, beginning October 4.
The plans for the depot to be built
at Madison by the Chicago, Madison
& Northern Railway have been COM
pleted. The structure will cost $780,
900.
THE inhabitants Of Rice Lake are
grooming over the extortionate rates
required by the insurance companies.
n some districts the rate has been
advanced to Z per cent. per annum,
CHARLES THOMPSON, who was Oh
trial at Madison charged with stealing
an oveTcoat from Albert K. Catlin,
was found guilty of receiving stolen
goods. He was fined $40 and costs,
in all amounting to about 800.
EX-SENATOR HANNIBAL HAML1N, OF
Maine, arrived In Madison on the Goth
TO visit Gen. Fairchild. He will &C.
company Gen. Fairchild to st. Louis.
Mr.. Hamlin, who was president
during Lincoln's first term, is now the
only living ex-vice-president. He sue
ceeded Gen. Fairchild as minister to
Spain and they spent considerable
time together in that country.
N. @. FOSTER, of Fairchild, has pur-
chased of e. d. Carter, of Humbird, g.
tract of pine lying to the northeast of
FairchiId for which he paid $55, 900.
This purchase secures to Mr.. Foster
sufficient quantity of pine to supply
his mills at Fairchild for fifteen years
MRS. G. L. COLEMAN. of La Crosse,
accidentally drank 8, glass of lauda-
mum, supposing it to be wine. Physi-
clans were summoned at once, but
through some misunderstanding q
vexatious delay occurred, which came
near proving dis sstrous.
A YOUNG son of John Olinger, of Eau
Claire, had one foot SO badly crushed
by q falling rock it was necessary to
have amputation of the toes perform
ed. The accident occurred near the
Dells Dam, the stone getting cislodged
from the bluff.
CARL SLOGAN was bound over at
Ashland fer robbing an old gentleman
OF gold watch and 800 in money.
VAR WITH DYE4M EPE